Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 26 January 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Nitrates Action Programme: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. Michael Moroney:
The evidence is from our own members who since the early part of 2021 have been requested by their customers, by client farmers, to pull machines or to operate machines because the farmers were not able to do so. I do not have a survey as such but we have very significant evidence from our membership who have been in contact with us about this on a regular basis. My colleague here and the former chairman, Mr. Richard White, is contracting in an area of Tipperary and he would support that contention. His phone is on mute at the moment, unfortunately, but the evidence is widespread, not just in that area but throughout the country. Many of our members have been in touch with us to tell us that farmers have made such requests.
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